Author: iba

Using PUT vs PATCH when building a REST API in Spring

In our previous post “how to create a CRUD REST API in Spring Boot”, we discussed how to create a basic REST interface in Spring boot using the different HTTP verb mapping annotations @GetMapping, @DeleteMapping, @PutMapping and @PostMapping. These mappings correspond to the HTTP methods GET, DELETE, PUT and POST respectively. However, we have not […]

Hashing passwords in Spring applications

When handling account passwords, you need to make sure that passwords are transmitted through a secure medium and stored in a persistent and a non-reversibly hashed format. A large majority of backend and web-based applications rely on authorization mechanisms which involve the user inserting a username and a password. When building such applications for the […]

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